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Autophagy: from molecules to disease

8—12 September 2010

Royal Agricultural College, UK



Organizers:
Sharon Tooze (Cancer Research, UK)
Jon Lane (University of Bristol, UK)
Wednesday 8 September 2010
16:00 - 18:00 Registration

18:00 - 19:30 Dinner

Molecular Mechanisms - part 1

 

Chair:
Fulvio Reggiori
Wednesday 8 September 2010
19:30 - 19:40 Welcome

19:40 - 20:10
Mechanistic insights into membrane dynamics in autophagy
Tamotsu Yoshimori - Sponsored by the RMS (Osaka University, Japan)
20:10 - 20:40
Cellular and molecular regulation of macroautophagy
Patrice Codogno (University of Paris-Sud, France)
20:40 - 21:10
TBC1D14, a RabGAP controlling autophagosome formation
Sharon Tooze (Cancer Research, UK)
21:10 - 21:30
Network organization of the human autophagy system
Selected oral communication - Christian Behrends (Goethe University, Germany)
21:30 - 22:30 Drinks reception

Molecular Mechanisms - part 2

 

Chair:
Nicolas Ktistakis
Thursday 9 September 2010
09:00 - 09:30
The autophagy core-complex regulation in physiological and pathological conditions
Francesco Cecconi (University of Rome, Italy)
09:30 - 10:00
Mechanism of autophagosomes biogenesis – Essential role for different mammalian Atg8s
Zevi Elazar (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
10:00 - 10:20
Traffic and function of mammalian Atg9
Selected oral communication -Andrea Orsi (London Research Institute, UK)
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee/tea break

10:50 - 11:20
Mammalian Atg4 function in cell stress and differentiation
Jon Lane (University of Bristol, UK)
11:20 - 11:50
Autophagy in cell death and cancer
Kevin Ryan (Beatson Institute, UK)
11:50 - 12:10
ULK1 activity is regulated by class III PtdIns 3-kinase, hVps34, and loss of ULK1 expression causes altered cellular phenotypes
Selected oral communication - Olga Abramczyk (Queen's University, Belfast, UK)
12:10 - 14:00 Lunch

Early Events in Autophagosome Formation

 

Chair:
Zevi Elazar
Thursday 9 September 2010
16:00 - 16:30
The role of autophagy in clearance of aggregate-prone proteins associated with disease
Anne Simonsen - Sponsored by the BSCB (University of Oslo, Norway)
16:30 - 17:00
The role of PI3P in autophagy induction
Nicholas Ktistakis (Babraham Institute, UK)
17:00 - 17:30
Human WIPI proteins, PI(3)P and autophagosome formation
Tassula Proikas-Cezanne (University of Tuebingen, Germany)
17:30 - 17:50
Distinct autophagosomal-lysosomal fusion mechanism revealed by thapsigargin-induced autophagy arrest
Selected oral communication - Ian Ganley (University of Dundee, UK)
17:50 - 19:30 Poster Session 1

19:30 - 21:00 Dinner

21:00 - 22:30 Poster Session 2

Autophagy and Disease - part 1

 

Chair:
Kevin Ryan
Friday 10 September 2010
09:00 - 09:30
DAP1 is a novel substrate of mTOR which negatively regulates autophagy
Adi Kimchi - Sponsored by EMBO (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
09:30 - 10:00
Bcl-2-Mediated regulation of Autophagy in mouse physiology
Beth Levine (UT Southwestern Medical Centre, USA)
10:00 - 10:20
Small molecule autophagy regulators as therapeutic targets
Selected oral communication - Sovan Sarkar (Whitehead Institute, MIT, USA)
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee/tea break

10:50 - 11:20
Regulation of cancer cell autophagy by kinases and phosphatases
Marja Jäättelä (Danish Cancer Institute, Denmark)
11:20 - 11:50
Role of autophagy genes in disease susceptibility and innate immunity
Herbert Virgin (Washington University, USA)
11:50 - 12:10
Mitophagy in the haematopoietic system
Selected oral communication - Katja Simon (University of Oxford, UK)
12:10 - 14:00 Lunch

Autophagy and Disease - part 2

 

Chair:
Herbert Virgin
Friday 10 September 2010
16:00 - 16:30
Autophagy, a guardian against neurodegeneration
David Rubinsztein (University of Cambridge, UK)
16:30 - 17:00
Autophagy and cancer therapy
Andrew Thorburn (University of Colorado, USA)
17:00 - 17:30
Activated Ras Requires Autophagy to Maintain Oxidative Metabolism and Tumorigenesis
Eileen White - Sponsored by CRUK (University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey, USA)
17:30 - 17:50
Pathogenic role of autophagy in muscular dystrophies linked to collagen VI deficiency
Selected oral communication - Paolo Grumati (University of Padova, Italy)
18:00 - 19:30 Dinner

19:30 - 20:00 Drinks reception

20:00 - 21:00
The Morton Lecture
Phosphoinositides in endosomal sorting and signalling
Peter Cullen (University of Bristol, UK)
21:00 - 22:30 Poster Session 3

Autophagy and homeostasis

 

Chair:
Tom Neufeld
Saturday 11 September 2010
09:00 - 09:30
Caspase regulation of starvation-induced autophagy in Drosophila
Sharon Gorski (British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Canada)
09:30 - 10:00
Investigating infection-associated autophagy in the rice blast fungus magnaporthe oryzae
Nick Talbot (University of Exeter, UK)
10:00 - 10:20
Glycosphingolipid depletion causes abnormal autophagy in C. elegans
Selected oral communication - Giovanni Lesa (University College London, UK)
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee/tea break

10:50 - 11:20
Coronaviruses hijack LC3-I-positive EDEMosome membranes for replication
Fulvio Reggiori (University of Utrecht, The Netherlands)
11:20 - 11:50
Similarities in autophagic clearance of mitochondria and microbes – more than a mere coincidence?
Vojo Deretic (University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, USA)
11:50 - 12:10
Adaptive autophagy in plasma cells
Selected oral communication - Niccolò Pengo (San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy)
12:10 - 14:00 Lunch

Ub and targeting

 

Chair:
Anne Simonsen
Saturday 11 September 2010
16:00 - 16:30
Molecular basis of selective autophagy
Ivan Dikic (Goethe University, Germany)
16:30 - 17:00
Regulation of selective autophagy pathways in yeast
Matthias Peter (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
17:00 - 17:30
LC3-interacting proteins involved in selective autophagy and movement of autophagosomes
Terje Johansen (University of Tromso, Norway)
17:30 - 17:50
Chaperone-assisted selective autophagy (CASA) is essential for muscle maintenance
Selected oral communication - Jörg Höhfeld (University of Bonn, Germany)
17:50 - 18:30 Drinks reception

18:30 - 19:30
Award Lecture
AMP-activated protein kinase - a cellular energy sensor acting upstream of mTOR
Grahame Hardie (University of Dundee, UK)
19:30 - 22:00 Conference Dinner

Nutrient transport and signalling

 

Chair:
David Rubinsztein
Sunday 12 September 2010
09:00 - 09:30
Amino acid sensing and mTORC1 regulation: an inside story
Deborah Goberdhan (University of Oxford, UK)
09:30 - 09:50
The PI3K-PKB-FOXO pathway regulates autophagy through modulation of glutamine metabolism
Selected oral communication - Pernilla Eliasson (University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands)
09:50 - 10:10
Nutrient control of cell size at division
Selected oral communication - Janni Petersen (University of Manchester, UK)
10:10 - 10:40 Coffee/tea break

10:40 - 11:20
Starving cancer cells to death
Aimee Edinger (University of California - Irvine, USA)
11:20 - 11:50
Convergence of developmental, nutrient and stress signaling in autophagy regulation
Tom Neufeld (University of Minnesota, USA)
11:50 - 12:00 Closing remarks

12:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 Meeting close